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| Exclusive: FIFA team targets match-fixing, "many" cases of corruption - source | | | By Simon Evans and Brian Homewood ZURICH (Reuters) - FIFA's independent ethics committee is probing "many" cases of suspected corruption, is accelerating its investigations and expects life bans for all but minor offences, according to a source familiar with the matter. Investigators are probing three main areas: cases related to the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding process, the distribution and use of development funds and match-fixing, which the source described as soccer's "big story". Ethics investigators say the days when corruption offenders could expect to receive only three-month bans were gone, the source told Reuters. |
| North and South Korea stand their ground as deadline looms | |  By Ju-min Park and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - North and South Korea appeared headed towards another clash, as Seoul refused an ultimatum that it halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts by Saturday afternoon or face military action, and North Korea said its troops were on a war footing. South Korean Vice Defence Minister Baek Seung-joo said on Friday it was likely the North would fire at some of the 11 sites where the loudspeakers are set up on the South's side of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) separating the countries. Tension escalated on Thursday when North Korea fired four shells into South Korea, according to Seoul, in apparent protest against the broadcasts.
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| Men jailed 19 years for "brazen" attack on Hong Kong newspaper editor | | | By Adelaide Hui and Emma Ng HONG KONG (Reuters) - Two men who attacked a former chief editor of a widely respected Hong Kong newspaper with a meat cleaver were jailed on Friday for 19 years in a case that has raised concerns about press freedom in the Chinese-run city. Yip Kim-wah and Wong Chi-wah, both 39 years old, showed no emotion as the sentence was handed down for "grievous bodily harm with intent" in the stabbing of former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau on Feb. 26 last year in broad daylight. Speaking to the court, Justice Esther Toh said the assault was carried out "in cold blood ... for financial gain", and that it was a "brazen attack on the rule of law in Hong Kong." Lau last week urged the police to continue investigating so that the "mastermind" behind the attack could be brought to justice, with the motives for the crime still unclear. |
| China expels brother of former senior official from Communist Party over graft | |  The brother of a former top Chinese presidential aide has been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and public office, the government said on Friday, paving the way for his prosecution for violations such as accepting bribes. Ling Zhengce, the former deputy head of the parliamentary advisory body in the coal-rich northern province of Shanxi, is the elder brother of Ling Jihua, a one-time senior aide to former president Hu Jintao. Ling Zhengce violated rules of self-discipline by accepting monetary gifts and exploiting his position, besides seeking benefits for relatives, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said.
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| MH370 debris exposes divisions over air crash investigations | |  By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - Air crash investigators risk being sidelined in a tussle to unlock the secrets of lost flight MH370, fuelling concerns that their role in making flying safer could be diminished. By drifting on to Reunion Island, the barnacled remains of a Boeing wing part from the Malaysia Airlines jet have given the upper hand to a French judicial investigation, exposing for the second time this year how civil crash investigations struggle to compete with police-led probes. For decades, reconstructions of disasters by specialist safety investigators have been seen as crucial to making aviation safer, with accident rates at historically low levels.
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| Even as laws change, the 'M' word is banned in head shops | |  For years, the stores that sell marijuana pipes and bongs have insisted that the products they sell are for tobacco use, choosing their words carefully to avoid being ensnared in laws against marijuana paraphernalia. As states and cities across the country have lowered the penalties for possession, a patchwork of federal, state and local laws means little has changed at the head shops. Seventeen states have decriminalized marijuana - meaning that possession, but usually not the sale - of small amounts leads to a minor fine and no criminal record. Four states - Washington, Colorado, Alaska and Oregon - along with the District of Columbia, have legalized marijuana, meaning that there is a state-approved marketplace for pot.
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| Bangkok blast tests Thailand's next police chief | | | By Andrew R.C. Marshall and Amy Sawitta Lefevre BANGKOK (Reuters) - The investigation into a deadly bombing in Bangkok's tourist heartland is led by a U.S.-trained officer with close ties to Thailand's powerful military, who oversaw a high-profile tourist murder case in which the conduct of Thai police was questioned. Chakthip Chaijinda was chosen as the country's next police chief on Aug. 14, just three days before a blast tore through the crowded Erawan Shrine in the Thai capital, killing 20 people, mostly foreigners. As deputy police chief, Chakthip has been the public face of other tourism-related cases in which concerns have been raised about the professionalism of the Thai police. |
| Far left splits from Tsipras as Greece heads to elections | |  By George Georgiopoulos and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Rebels opposed to Greece's international bailout walked out of the leftist Syriza party on Friday, formalising a split after its leader Alexis Tsipras resigned as prime minister and paved the way for early elections. Greece's president gave the conservative opposition a chance to form a new government following Tsipras's resignation on Thursday, but the country appears almost certain to be heading for its third election in as many years next month. Tsipras is hoping to strengthen his hold on power in a snap election after seven months in office in which he fought Greece's creditors for a better bailout deal but had to cave in and accept more onerous terms.
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